Per Petterson: Ut og stjœle hester (2008, Metis)
Published Jan. 24, 2008 by Metis.
After a meeting with his only neighbor, sixty-seven-year-old Trond is forced to reflect upon a long-ago incident that marks the beginning of a series of losses for Trond and his childhood friend, Jon.
3 1/2 stars
A quiet contemplative book that examines the past and the directions life takes either by choice or otherwise. Examines the difference between being alone and being lonely and the solace of nature.
A small group, all female, with one new person. And everyone loved it. For the lyricism of the language (that survived translation intact) and the gradual unfolding of the interleaving stories, as Trond, retired to the hinterlands of Norway, reflects on his life, and especially on the summer a half-century before that defined the man he became.
